Foldable garment-protector.



Y for its purpose to provide a receptacie of composed of two ication LOUISE H. BUCH, 01 .C HlCAGs, LLINOES.

ggggio Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '13, 19t?.

l Application inea october e, 1915. seria; no. taria;

To all waom it may concerns Be it known that l, LOUISE H. Boeri, a a substantially rectangular body member 1li citizen of the United States, and resident of pivotally or hingedly connected by loops 19;

Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of in member 10 or other well known means, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and usetlius permitting the member 1l to be swung ful improvements in Foldable 'Garmentinto the plane ofmem'ber l() and then allow Protectors, of which the following is a specifolding or rolling of the bag about the sup- My invention relates to means for protectmember 10 are provided with hooks 1i at shapedvertical or suspending portion 10 and,

Y port. -The upstanding members 13 of the ing articlesof clothing and the like, and has .their ends, and the hanger vjoining them iS parts slidably joined as that character wherein many garments may t l5. f' easily be inserted and suspended, and which will efectually protect the contained garpiece, but I prefer to forni it of several ments against the deposit of dust and expleces ]omed,to gether in the manner shown terior contact. so as to permlt ease of folding. 'and the Another object is to provide an adjustable longer members formed of two pieces. slidprotector which can be' adapted for use in ably joined as et 16. The width 0f the memclosets of varying size. A principal feature b el 11 1S milde Slifiiclent to permit the inserof my inventionV is a simple and eficient tion of a hanger 1n the bag transverselythus means for supporting the protector and its accommodating a large number of garments contents as a whole, this support or suspen- 21nd affording easy withdrawal and replacey --vide for entrance to the interior a slit in thel Sarily been made heavy and expensive. My

'a trunk with the garments inclosed therein.

sion device being preferably in the form of a H lellt theIeOf-A By making the longer porlight wire frame the suspension elements or.`i IOIIS 0f the members 10 -nd 11 Shdablea l arms being disposed in the plane of the garecient mannelwithout employing an 15X. use' in closets or spaces. of different widths. pensive or heavy frame. i, 'l l The bag may be provided with apertures Further objects of my invention are to 17 I the tOp 6 for the reception of arms provide an artid@ Which-Will be, Convenient 13. If desired the connections through theL in use, easily adjusted and capable of being loops 12 may permit the movement 0f the folded, rolled or collapsed for transportation member 11 t0 SllbStaIltlelly OVeIlIe the or storage or which can be hung 0r place in member 10 thus making the support more `With these and other Objects in View the noted that these arms are disposed midway invention consi'sts in certain novel details of betweel the ,fIOIl and real? Walls 0f the btg construction and combination of parts more and in the Vertical plane of the hanger supfully hereinafter disclosed and particularly porting bar or in other. words lat the center pointed out in the claims.u of the load. vThis arrangement permits of The drawing is a perspective view in the use of a very Llight and inexpensive which 5 designates the bag or body portiony frame. l am aware that protectors have of the protector which may be any flexible been made with bags having a rigid supmaterial and of any desired dimensions and Porting and distending framebllt the Suppreferably having the top 6 and bottom 7 ports have been placed at one side of the closed.- n the preferred form shown I procenter of the weight or load and have necesfront face of the bag. To guard against-the device is not only cheap and light but it is admission ofdust and the like, li form ,a more efficient than a bracket form of supdouble flap 8 in the edge of the bag forming port and'at the same time permits the bag one s1de`of the slit, the Hap 8 being of greater to be held distended and prevents pressure width to extend over and embrace the edge on the garments inclosed thereby.' 9 'of the other side of the slit., By providing two suspending arms 13 For supporting the bag and for providing with hooks 141C and disposing them at the suspension means for the garments, l employ ends of the frame, l prevent displacement a frame of two parts, a substantially U- of the bag or its contents when garments providea supportwhich may be inserted in .ment supports 01- above the Center of' the.. bags of diiierentwldths or whlch maybe exproteetor thus carrying the Weight, in an. ended or shortened to adapt the device for- Themember'fll4 may be formed of one compact for transportation. lt will be are not hung eXactly in the middle of the hanger bar, Which makes the use thereof much easier. The form of the support distends the bag in its upper portion thus affording a free space of the full crosssectional areaof the bag thereby facilitating the placing and removal of the garments and preventing any Wrinkling thereof by pressure from the sides of the bag. I claim: I

l.' A foldable garment protector comprising a cover of flexible. material, a supporting frame for said cover, said frame being adapted to support the upper end of said cover distended, and said frame being composed of a telescopic body member, ay sus-` pending member pivotally connected to said body member, said supporting member being also telescopically formed and forming the garment suspending member, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a cover of flexible material v and a frame, said frame comprising a noring a cover of flexible material and a collapsible supporting frame for said cover, the frame consisting of an extensible body member, and an eXtensible suspending member, said suspension member being pivotally connected to said body member, the

suspending means having a pair of hookC arms for attachment to a Wall, a hanger bar formed by bending the hook arms at 90 degrees and telescopically joining the bent portions, and said cover having a centrallydisposed opening therein, substantially as described.'

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 4th day of October, 1915.

' LOUISE H. BOCH. Witnesses:

MILTON T.' MILLER, M. C. BRoWER. 

